Howard v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for seduction, punishment being assessed, at two years in the penitentiary.

The third paragraph of the court’s charge reads as follows:

“3. Our law provides that no conviction can be had upon the testimony of the prosecutrix or female alleged to have been seduced, unless her testimony is corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense charged. Two things are necessary to constitute this offense, viz.: carnal knowledge of the female and the promise of marriage upon the part of the defendant to obtain such carnal knowledge; and the…